Until 2015, cotton growers in the Dawson Valley had no access to localised, accurate weather forecasting tools and had to rely on information relayed from weather stations located in Biloela which is 116 km away. Thanks to the CRDC’s GrassRoots Grant program in 2015, three growers located in the Dawson Valley now have access to OzForecast services through the strategic placement of weather stations. These weather stations have significantly improved the decision making process of those cotton growers able to access them. However, the provision of timely and accurate data for some of the Valley highlighted the lack of this service in other geographic locations. Due to the topography of the Dawson Valley, the station located at Gibber Gunyah services the growers located on the Western side of the Dawson River but not the growers located on the Eastern side of the Theodore township. It was determined that one additional station, located strategically on the boundaries of three of the growers located on the Eastern side of Theodore would provide much- needed weather information to not only these three growers but an additional two located in the same precinct. Similarly, the weather station located at ‘Glendale’ provides excellent weather knowledge for the 1500 acres cotton planted in this locale but did not transcribe to the surrounding properties, located upstream.The assistance to fund an additional two weather stations has provided the Dawson Valley with excellent and complete coverage of the weather patterns and forecasts, greatly assisting in farm, crop and environment management decisions.